recover

se rétablir, guérir

Retrouver la santé ou son équilibre après une maladie, une blessure ou une expérience pénible.

En anglais simple : To become well again after illness, injury, or an upsetting experience.

• I hope you recover soon.
• She recovered from her illness at home.
• It took him several minutes to recover from the shock.

Comment l'utiliser : recover from something (He recovered from the operation in six weeks.)

Synonymes : get better, heal

Contraires : worsen

Expressions courantes : recover from something, recover fully, recover quickly

se redresser, se rétablir

Retrouver un état normal ou meilleur après une période difficile ou un changement défavorable.

En anglais simple : To return to a normal or better state after a difficult period or harmful change.

• Sales are beginning to recover.
• The economy recovered faster than expected.
• Will the market recover before the end of the year?

Comment l'utiliser : recover from something (The business is recovering from a difficult year.)

Synonymes : improve, bounce back

Contraires : decline, worsen

Expressions courantes : economy recover, recover from something, recover slowly

récupérer, retrouver

Retrouver quelque chose qui avait été perdu, volé ou qui n’était plus accessible.

En anglais simple : To get back something that was lost, stolen, or unavailable.

• Police recovered my stolen bike.
• Can you recover the deleted files?
• Divers recovered several objects from the wreck.

Comment l'utiliser : recover something from somewhere (Police recovered the bike from a garage.)

Synonymes : retrieve, regain, get back

Contraires : lose

Expressions courantes : recover stolen goods, recover lost files, recover something from somewhere

récupérer, recouvrer

Obtenir à nouveau de l’argent dépensé, investi ou perdu.

En anglais simple : To get back money that you spent, invested, or lost.

• We hope to recover our costs.
• She sued the company to recover damages.
• The business recovered its initial investment within two years.

Comment l'utiliser : recover something from someone (They recovered the repair costs from the insurance company.)

Synonymes : recoup, get back

Contraires : lose

Expressions courantes : recover costs, recover damages, recover an investment

secourir, récupérer

Sortir une personne ou une chose d’un endroit dangereux ou difficile d’accès.

En anglais simple : To bring a person or thing out of a dangerous or difficult place.

• They recovered two survivors from the wreckage.
• Divers hope to recover the missing equipment.
• Was anyone recovered alive from the collapsed building?

Comment l'utiliser : recover someone/something from something (Divers recovered the driver from the submerged car.)

Synonymes : rescue, retrieve, salvage

Expressions courantes : recover someone, recover something, recover from wreckage

recouvrir, retapisser

Mettre une nouvelle couverture sur quelque chose, ou remettre celle qui avait été retirée.

En anglais simple : To put a new cover over something, or put its cover back on.

• We decided to recover the sofa.
• She recovered the old chair with fresh fabric.
• Please recover the dish after taking a piece.

Comment l'utiliser : recover something with something (We recovered the chair with blue fabric.)

Synonymes : re-cover

Expressions courantes : recover a chair, recover with something, recover a sofa